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Apply KiwiGrip And We Like It - Chris Does What

Apply KiwiGrip And We Like It EP #37 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

Do we like the results of KiwiGrip? Does it show grime and dirt? What would we have changed? We answer all this in our video. If you want to try KiwiGrip yourself, we have left links below, and if you like the deck paint, go back to that video and see how we did it …

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Putting Our Floor In || Boat Restoration

Making Our Floor Walkable Again Video at the bottom if you’re like me and don’t like to read. LOL We cut the plywood out of this 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175 and went back with the same 1/4 inch wood that was there. We had a few people say we should have gone thicker, but thicker is …

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Custom Boat Ski Locker Finish - Chris Does What

Custom Boat Ski Locker Finish EP #35 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

We built the latch system for our ski lover on this old Bayliner Bowrider 175. This had to be one of the easiest things we have done in this project. Now we are on to painting the floor cause it is still so ugly. Want a pretty floor that hides all the labor it took …

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Ski Locker Fiberglass Done - Chris Does What

Ski Locker Fiberglass Done EP #34 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

We just got all the fiberglass done for the ski locker hatch. Now we have to figure out how we are going to complete the ski locker hardware to lock it to the floor. The ski locker turned out very well and was so strong even though we used two boards. This ski locker hatch …

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Back Boat Work, Life Gets In The Way - Chris Does What

Back Boat Work, Life Gets In The Way EP #32 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

We are getting back to work, have to get this boat on the water. We all know that at times life gets in the way, and we hope that you continue to watch this series. So what is left on this Bayliner boat project, well a lot! Most of the floor is done, have a …

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Install Flotation Foam In Boat EP #30 Bayliner Bowrider 175 - Chris Does What

Install Flotation Foam In Boat EP #30 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

Installing floatation foam in the floor of our boat, not only to help float the boat after an impact to the hull but makes the floor structurally stronger. We do a little experiment and we pour a little foam in a cup to see how much it does expand. We didn’t think the Liquid Urethane …

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Engine Wiring Installation || Boat Restoration

Install Mercruiser 3.0 Engine Wiring Harness Video at the bottom if you’re like me and don’t like to read. LOL If you messed it you can see how we cleaned up the wiring here, or go to the entire list of boat blogs here.  Yes, I’m pointing at the engine cause the wiring is in and …

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Custom Boat Speaker Plates EP #29 Bayliner Bowrider 175 - Chris Does What

Custom Boat Speaker Plates EP #29 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

We are making custom speaker plates to cover the ugly holes cut into the boat for 6x9s that were placed in a horrible location. Not only were these to remove the car 6x9s that were rusting, staining the boat gel coat. They were to install smaller speakers the would be waterproof and last for a …

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Install Reuse Boat Rub Rail EP #28 Bayliner Bowrider 175 - Chris Does What

Install Reuse Boat Rub Rail EP #28 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

Install a new or old boat rub rail “Docking Bumper” on your boat. The hardest part if you are reusing the old rub rail in accounting for shrinkage. Even though we reused our old rub rail, it made our boat look so much better. Before we pull the rub rail off, we saw in hanging …

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Boat Ski Locker Install In Rebuilt Floor - Chris Does What

Boat Ski Locker Install In Rebuilt Floor EP #27 || Bayliner Bowrider 175

Boat Ski Locker Install In Rebuilt, what’s the point of restoring a ski boat with no ski locker, not much I guess. Here we put in the basic door for the ski locker our 2004 Bayliner Bowrider that we are restoring. In later videos, we will make it look pretty and paint the floor. We …

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